 VANITY of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.  The Grampians Desolate: A Poem - Side 296af Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 316 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 sider
...properous, and more happy.] I. vii. ECCLESIASTES. DCCCXXVII. THE VANITY OF THE CREATURE. Eccl. i. 2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. IF experience entitles a man to credit, and gives weight to his testimony, we derive great advantage... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1833 - 588 sider
...affairs are vain, uncertain, frail, and imperfect ; and, such being the case, he proceeds to inquire, What profit hath a man of all his labour, which he taketh under the sun? (Eccl. i. 2,3.) And towards the close of the same book, (ch. xii. 8.) he repeats the same subject,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1833 - 418 sider
...affairs are vain, uncertain, frail and imperfect ; and such being the case, he proceeds to inquire, What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sunl (Eccl. i. 2, 3.) And towards the close of the same book, (ch. xii. 8,) he repeats the same subject,... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 sider
...Preacher. LESSON LXXXII. THE words of the Preacher, Solomon, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 One generation passeth... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1833 - 572 sider
...this world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away : 1 Cor. vii, 29 — 31. "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity :" Eccl. i, 2. SECTION II. On the Immortality of the Soul. In the history of the creation, the distinction... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1834 - 528 sider
...taking within his view the furthest horizon of earthly excellency, he pronounces his judgment — " Vanity of. vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities : all is vanity." 1 That many a promising profession has been blasted by the " choking lusts of other things," we have... | |
 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1835 - 306 sider
...of profound learning and great knowledge ; and who in the contemplation of this subject exclaims, " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity !" Let us hear the Apostle on this point, " I count all but dung and dross, that I may win Christ."... | |
 | Edward Denison (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1836 - 330 sider
...declaration, with which it opens, and to the establishment of which the larger part of it is directed : " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." In proof of this painful and mortifying truth, Solomon proceeds to examine in detail, in the first... | |
 | John Brown Patterson - 1837 - 454 sider
...inscribed in an imperishable volume. That result receive in his own words of unequalled emphasis :—" Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity."—" All is vanity and vexation of spirit." Some of you, we doubt not, have made the trial so far as to... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 sider
...her own works, as they have merited, procure her a public applause in the world. ECCLESIASTES. I. 2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. All these earthly things, all that a man can either do or attain, is utterly vain and ineffectual,... | |
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